NIGP 91356: Construction, Utility/Underground Projects

NIGP 91356 Construction, Utility/Underground Projects, Item tier, covers water main replacement, sewer main installation and rehabilitation, pump station construction, force main design, underground electrical infrastructure, and stormwater system improvements that state and local governments are actively soliciting. Cities, counties, and special districts are the primary issuing bodies, with recurring activity from medium-sized municipalities (Midland, Reynolds, Lawrenceville, Leesburg) and larger counties (Orange, Hillsborough, Seminole, Gwinnett). A narrow set of repeat buyers appears across the dataset: the City of Leesburg has posted at least two water main replacements (U.S. Highway 27 and Bentley Road), and multiple Georgia jurisdictions (Reynolds, Lawrenceville, Fulton County) have solicited water system and pump station work within the same timeframe.

Issuing bodies span cities, counties, school districts, municipal utilities, state departments, and state park systems, with work distributed across small CDBG-funded rural water and sewer projects, mid-size infrastructure renewal programs, and larger county system expansions. Representative recent work includes the City of Midland's Utility Extension Program 07 (bids due August 6, 2026, water main and wastewater main installation with a contract maximum of $2 million per term), Gwinnett County's State Route 120 Water Main Replacement (sealed bids due September 4, 2026, 9,700 linear feet of 16-inch ductile iron water main), the City of Waco's Riverside Lift Station Improvements (bids due August 12, 2026, lift station rehabilitation with a $1.5 million engineering estimate and mandatory 40% self-performance requirement), Hillsborough County's Countywide Stormwater Ditch and Side-Drain Restoration (bids due July 31, 2026, estimated at $4.938 million over one year with two optional renewals), and Fulton County's Friendship Pump Station Progressive Design-Build (proposals due August 12, 2026, 12,500 linear feet of force main plus pump station design-build). Activity is heaviest in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi) and Texas, with secondary activity in California and scattered solicitations in New Mexico, Connecticut, and other states. Federal overlay programs—USDA Rural Development, HUD Community Development Block Grants, Section 3 requirements, Build America Buy America compliance—are present in a substantial portion of the recent water and sewer opportunities, particularly in smaller municipalities.